drone war – PeaceWorks Kansas City

Ron Faust reads this poem Oct. 1 at the entry to Whiteman AFB in Missouri; listeners include Chris Overfelt of Veterans for Peace, left, and Charles Carney.--Photo by Jane Stoever

October 2, 2022October 2, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Drones

Peace from Drone Attacks

... We need to calm the chaos in a sea of abnormality ... Find the quiet places or mediate the opposite sides ...

From left: Kimmy Igla, Eric Garbison, and Brian Terrell position their signs so drivers can catch our drift. —Photos by Kriss Avery

May 7, 2022May 7, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Drones

Protesters at Whiteman AFB seek peace, deplore drone warfare

Calling for humankind to abolish war, Brian Terrell insists, “Faced with imminent global climate catastrophe and with both US and Russia for the first time imagining winning a nuclear war, humanity has no choice.”

At the entry to Whiteman AFB on April 30, Ron Faust reads one of his poems on the horror of drone warfare.—Photo by Kriss Avery

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Drones

Benumbed

“Victims of anesthetized evil” is how Ron Faust describes family members of innocents slain by US killer drones, while US military personnel and the public may be benumbed to the terror.

Peace activists protest drone warfare April 30 at Whiteman AFB, one of many US sites for drone operations.—Photos by Kriss Avery

May 2, 2022May 1, 2022 PeaceWorks KC Drones

Slide show depicts 4/30 drone war protest at Whiteman AFB

Whiteman AFB’s 20th Attack Squadron includes technicians, administrators and pilots who operate the MQ-9 Reaper drone, Brian Terrell told the drone war protesters.

“Don’t Look Away” commemorates the Ahmadi family members, seven of them children, killed by a US drone attack Aug. 29. Ann Suellentrop created the four-poster display.—Photo by Bennette Dibben

December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 PeaceWorks KC Drones

‘Don’t Look Away’—US drones regularly kill civilians throughout the world

The Ban Killer Drones campaign asked peacemakers to protest drone war on Nov. 29, and PeaceWorks-KC answered the call. Fourteen of us witnessed for peace that day at Whiteman Air Force Base near Knob Noster, Mo.